Letter: Educate about gun control; laws don't work

Obama did not deter gun violence, nor make it harder for criminals to get guns. History shows us that bad people find guns. They do not adhere to our laws. Obama complained about President George W. Bush using executive orders, yet he has long passed Bush in that. Somehow Obama believes his orders outweigh our constitutional privileges.

All Obama has done is punish law-abiding gun owners. Adolf Hitler started out like that. Why is there security in the private school where Obama's kids go to? Plus the secret service guards them but our children are left unguarded. Obama uses children to take away your constitutional freedoms.

Why is a gun good in the hands of our police, military, armed guards, but evil when bad people use them? Some of you are as hypocritical as your president. There are places we go with armed guards.

My children grew up around weapons. Not once have they mistreated that privilege. And many more can say that but we are punished. There are background checks for a person's mental health. We must enforce what is already on the books. Give our police the same fire power as the bad guys, and stop giving the bad guys more rights than law-abiding gun owners. If a gun is used in a crime, lock those convicted up longer. No early release garbage! If a death occurs, put them away for life so they will die in prison. Crack down hard on gangs, gun runners and such.

Teach gun control as the value of life in junior high. Teach that working is more rewarding than crime. Show that crime does not pay. Law abiding people do not misuse guns, bad people do.